| Final 16:35 | time | L | _________ | | 1. Canada | CAN | 38.31s | 4 | | | Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey | | 2. Australia | AUS | 38.50s | 5 | | | Paul Henderson, Tim Jackson, Steve Brimacombe, Damien Marsh | | 3. Italy | ITA | 39.07s | 3 | | | Giovanni Puggioni, Ezio Madonia, Angelo Cipolloni, Sandro Floris | | 4. Jamaica | JAM | 39.10s | 6 | | | James Beckford, Michael Green, Leon Gordon, Raymond Stewart | | 5. Japan | JPN | 39.33s | 8 | | | Hisatsugu Suzuki, Koji Ito, Satoru Inoue, Yoshitaka Ito | | 6. Brazil | BRA | 39.35s | 1 | | | Andre Domingos Da Silva, Sidnei Telles De Souza, Edson Luciano Ribeiro, Robson Caetano Da Silva | | 7. Ukraine | UKR | 39.39s | 7 | | | Aleksey Chikhachov, Dmitriy Vanyaikin, Oleg Kramarenko, Sergey Osovich | | -. Sweden | SWE | DQ | 2 | | | Peter Karlsson, Matias Ghansah, Lars Hedner, Tobias Karlsson |
| Semi 1 19:20 | time | L | _________ | | 1. Canada | CAN | 38.16s | 6 | | | Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey | | 2. Jamaica | JAM | 38.64s | 8 | | | Robert Foster, Michael Green, Leon Gordon, Raymond Stewart | | 3. Ukraine | UKR | 38.76s | 7 | | | Aleksey Chikhachov, Dmitriy Vanyaikin, Oleg Kramarenko, Sergey Osovich | | 4. Sweden | SWE | 38.78s | 4 | | | Peter Karlsson, Matias Ghansah, Lars Hedner, Tobias Karlsson | | 5. China | CHN | 38.93s | 5 | | | Xiaoping Li, Wei Lin, Danwei Huang, Wenzhong Chen | | 6. Ivory Coast | IVC | 39.50s | 2 | | | Ahmed Douhou, Jean-Olivier Zirignon, Eric Pacome, Ibrahim Meite | | 7. Bahamas | BAH | 39.65s | 1 | | | Renward Wells, Andrew Tynes, Iram Lewis, Alfred Stubbs | | -. France | FRA | DNF | 3 | | | Olivier Theophile, Sebastien Carrat, Jean-Charles Trouabal, Pascal Theophile |
| Semi 2 19:29 | time | L | _________ | | 1. Australia | AUS | 38.17s | 6 | | | Paul Henderson, Tim Jackson, Steve Brimacombe, Damien Marsh | | 2. Italy | ITA | 38.41s | 5 | | | Giovanni Puggioni, Ezio Madonia, Angelo Cipolloni, Sandro Floris | | 3. Brazil | BRA | 38.48s | 2 | | | Andre Domingos Da Silva, Sidnei Telles De Souza, Edson Luciano Ribeiro, Robson Caetano Da Silva | | 4. Japan | JPN | 38.67s | 4 | | | Hisatsugu Suzuki, Koji Ito, Satoru Inoue, Yoshitaka Ito | | 5. Great Britain | GBR | 38.75s | 3 | | | Jason Gardener, Darren Braithwaite, John Regis, Solomon Wariso | | 6. Russia | RUS | 38.78s | 1 | | | Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy, Aleksandr Sokolov, Andrey Grigoryev, Andrey Fedoriv | | 7. Germany | GER | 38.90s | 8 | | | Holger Blume, Robert Kurnicki, Christian Konieczny, Michael Huke | | 8. Spain | ESP | 39.16s | 7 | | | Frutos Feo, Francisco Javier Navarro, Jordi Mayoral, Pedro Pablo Nolet |
| Heat 1 17:05 | time | L | _________ | | 1. Canada | CAN | 38.38s | 8 | | | Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey | | 2. Japan | JPN | 38.79s | 6 | | | Hisatsugu Suzuki, Koji Ito, Satoru Inoue, Yoshitaka Ito | | 3. Brazil | BRA | 38.85s | 3 | | | Andre Domingos Da Silva, Sidnei Telles De Souza, Edson Luciano Ribeiro, Robson Caetano Da Silva | | 4. Russia | RUS | 39.03s | 4 | | | Pavel Galkin, Aleksandr Sokolov, Andrey Grigoryev, Andrey Fedoriv | | 5. Germany | GER | 39.06s | 7 | | | Marc Blume, Robert Kurnicki, Christian Konieczny, Michael Huke | | 6. Togo | TOG | 39.45s | 5 | | | Teko Folligan, Menelik Lawson, Franck Amegnigan, Kossi Akoto | | 7. Cameroon | CMR | 40.72s | 2 | | | Issa-Aime Nthepe, Benjamin Sirimou, Samuel Nchinda, Pierre Makon |
| Heat 2 17:15 | time | L | _________ | | 1. Sweden | SWE | 38.74s | 5 | | | Peter Karlsson, Matias Ghansah, Lars Hedner, Tobias Karlsson | | 2. France | FRA | 38.82s | 7 | | | Olivier Theophile, Sebastien Carrat, Jean-Charles Trouabal, Pascal Theophile | | 3. Spain | ESP | 39.35s | 6 | | | Frutos Feo, Francisco Javier Navarro, Jordi Mayoral, Pedro Pablo Nolet | | 4. Bahamas | BAH | 39.37s | 4 | | | Renward Wells, Brian Babbs, Andrew Tynes, Alfred Stubbs | | 5. Ghana | GHA | 39.83s | 8 | | | Duah Abu, Abdul Aziz Zakari, Eric Nkansah, Emmanuel Tuffour | | -. Cuba | CUB | DQ | 2 | | | Leonardo Prevost, Joel Lamela, Joel Isasi, Jorge Aguilera | | -. Saudi Arabia | KSA | DQ | 3 | | | Mohammed Al-Bishi, Mohammed Al Masoud, Mohammad Saif, Jamal Al-Safar |
| Heat 3 17:25 | time | L | _________ | | 1. Australia | AUS | 38.28s | 7 | | | Paul Henderson, Tim Jackson, Steve Brimacombe, Damien Marsh | | 2. China | CHN | 38.81s | 5 | | | Xiaoping Li, Wei Lin, Danwei Huang, Wenzhong Chen | | 3. Jamaica | JAM | 38.92s | 6 | | | Leon Gordon, Michael Green, Warren Johnson, Raymond Stewart | | 4. Ivory Coast | IVC | 39.29s | 3 | | | Ahmed Douhou, Jean-Olivier Zirignon, Eric Pacome, Ibrahim Meite | | 5. Barbados | BAR | 39.68s | 4 | | | Garfield Gill, Jason St.Hill, Achebe Hope, Obadele Thompson | | 6. Trinidad Tobago | TRI | 40.09s | 2 | | | Alvin Daniel, Patrick Delice, Neil De Silva, Hayden Stephens | | -. United States | USA | DNF | 8 | | | Maurice Greene, Jon Drummond, Tony McCall, Michael Marsh |
| Heat 4 17:35 | time | L | _________ | | 1. Italy | ITA | 39.00s | 8 | | | Giovanni Puggioni, Ezio Madonia, Angelo Cipolloni, Sandro Floris | | 2. Great Britain | GBR | 39.07s | 6 | | | Jason Gardener, Darren Braithwaite, John Regis, Solomon Wariso | | 3. Ukraine | UKR | 39.31s | 5 | | | Aleksey Chikhachov, Dmitriy Vanyaikin, Oleg Kramarenko, Sergey Osovich | | 4. Mexico | MEX | 39.66s | 3 | | | Carlos Villasenor, Alejandro Cardenas, Genaro Rojas, Jaime Barragan | | 5. New Zealand | NZL | 39.70s | 4 | | | Laud Codjoe, Mark Keddell, Chris Donaldson, Augustine Nketia | | 6. St.Kitts and Nevis | SKN | 40.12s | 7 | | | Ricardo Liddie, Eric Haynes, Kim Collins, Kurvin Wallace | | -. Greece | GRE | DQ | 2 | | | Alexandros Genovelis, Alexandros Alexopoulos, Georgios Panagiotopoulos, Alexandros Terzian |
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